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Amoeblog posts marked with great american music hall.Lianne La Havas Visited Amoeba! <p>
<img alt="Lianne La Havas at Amoeba Hollywood" src="http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/lianneLaHavas-3.jpg" style="width: 250px; height: 167px; float: left; margin: 7px;" />In support of her latest release, <em><a href="http://www.amoeba.com/is-your-love-big-enough-cd-lianne-la-havas/albums/982849">Is Your Love Big Enough?</a> (</em>Nonesuch<em>)</em>, British singer/songwriter <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/1091993"><strong>Lianne La Havas</strong></a> charmed an Amoeba audience with just her voice and a 1964 Danelectro Silvertone guitar. Given the warehouse sized building that is Amoeba Hollywood, Lianne did a superb job of creating an intimate feel for her performance. She played semi-acoustic versions of new songs including, &quot;No Room For Doubt,&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Age&quot; and &quot;Forget.&quot;&nbsp; La Havas proudly declared on stage, &quot;It&#39;s always been a dream of mine to make a record and for it to be sold in this store and to play in this store. I think it&#39;s probably the best shop in the world.&quot;&nbsp; Yes, it is Ms. La Havas! We at Amoeba throuroughly enjoyed the tunes and are happy to be a part of your dreams. Thank <u>you</u>!&nbsp;</p>
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Lianne La Havas is back in Los Angeles March 19 &amp; 20th to play <a href="http://www.theelrey.com/">The El Rey Theatre</a>. Make sure to catch her as she will be backed by a full band! You can <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/our-stores/store-news/35/tickets-available-for-sale-at-amoeba-hollywood-35/">purchase tickets</a> for this show and many others at Amoeba Hollywood. For those of you in the Bay Area, you can catch Lianne at <a href="http://www.slimspresents.com/?sort=GAMH">The Great American Music Hall</a> in San Francisco. The tour will also roll through the Pacific Northwest with stops in Portland and Seattle. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/xGDSt2cTm6g">Lianne La Havas</a> - &quot;Age&quot; (<a href="http://www.amoeba.com/live-shows/detail-2328#cat-most_recent_shows/page-1">Live at Amoeba</a>)<br />
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Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:22:00 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2013/02/amoeba-music/lianne-la-havas-visited-amoeba-.htmlThe Brothers Comatose Will Get Naked for You...<strong>File this under creative marketing!<br />
</strong>Native San Franciscans <a href="http://www.thebrotherscomatose.com/"><strong>The Brothers Comatose</strong></a> will get naked for you. Really. But they are no easy date! You have to buy tickets to their <a href="http://www.slimspresents.com/events/2012-05-19/the-brothers-comatose/"><strong>May 19th show at The Great American Music Hall</strong></a> first!&nbsp;In what they are calling <strong>Operation: Buck Wild</strong>, the string quintet will be uploading a new photo - with one more item of clothing removed - for every 50 presale tickets sold.<br />
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Here is photo #1:<br />
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Intrigued? You should be. What's under that poncho? What happens to the cat? Follow the saga <a href="http://www.thebrotherscomatose.com/"><strong>here</strong></a> and get your tickets <a href="http://www.slimspresents.com/events/2012-05-19/the-brothers-comatose/"><strong>here</strong></a>!</div>http://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2012/05/people-s-republic-of-northern-california/the-brothers-comatose-will-get-naked-for-you-.html
Sun, 06 May 2012 22:27:00 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2012/05/people-s-republic-of-northern-california/the-brothers-comatose-will-get-naked-for-you-.htmljose gonzalez at the great american music hall<img width="300" vspace="8" hspace="8" height="225" align="left" src="http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Brad/joselive.jpg" style="border: 3px solid aqua;" alt="" /><br />
I was very close to almost not going to this show. Curt had too much homework so I was left to go to the show all alone. But I am really glad that I did. Not only is the <strong>Great American Music Hall</strong> only a couple of blocks from my house but I love it there. I know I have said this before. But I really do love it there. The architecture is so amazing. I actually ended up running into about 6 friends there so I had no more worries of standing all alone in the corner once I got there. But I was sort of looking forward to that. I really like going to movies all by myself in the middle of the week. It is usually just me and some retired ladies and grandpas. Maybe cause I end up seeing movies like&nbsp; &quot;The Queen&quot; and &quot;Letters from Iwo Jima.&quot; This would explain the old ladies and grandpas. I went and saw &quot;Eastern Promises&quot; this week. There were still only about 10 people in the theater but the &quot;crowd&quot; was a bit different. More old loner type dudes than old ladies. The movie was really awesome. Cronenberg and Vigo Mortensen fit together so perfectly. They captured the feel of a little russian restaurant so well. I have never been to one. But I feel like now I have. OK, back to the Jose Gonzalez show. I may have been to plenty of movies by myself but I have not really gone to a show by myself before. It is weird though. As much as Curt and I go to shows, I don't really see people I recognize out that much. I am always thinking to myself, who are all these people. Why don't I ever see them anywhere else in the city. But it seems that <a href="http://www.jose-gonzalez.com/"><strong>Jose Gonzalez</strong></a> was the show that all of my friends decided to go to. I had heard great things about his show at Bimbo's last year, so I was looking forward to the show. I really love the new album and wanted to hear it live. <br />
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Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:50:00 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2007/10/pen-is-mightier-than-the-sword/jose-gonzalez-at-the-great-american-music-hall.htmlthe cult of the polyphonic spree...7/17 at the great american music hall...<img width="300" vspace="8" hspace="8" height="210" align="left" src="http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Brad/polyphonic-1-2.jpg" style="border: 3px solid red;" alt="" />Last night Curt and I went to go see the <a href="http://www.thepolyphonicspree.com/"><strong>Polyphonic Spree</strong></a> at the Great American Music Hall. Like I said before, I really do love the GAMH. But I had no idea what I was in for at a Polyphonic Spree show. This was my first time seeing them. And to be honest, I thought they would be maybe a bit over the top but a also maybe a bit annoying. The opening performer, Jessica Hoop, kept telling us that the show was going to be amazing. She bascially said, &quot;You are really in for an amazing experience if you have never seen them before.&quot; Whatever. I was not convinced. We did get to sit in the little VIP section up in the balcony&nbsp; where the lights are controlled. I dropped off some CD'S for the band from Amoeba because<img width="300" vspace="8" hspace="8" height="205" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Brad/polyphonic2.jpg" /> they had not received them yet from the label. So their manager gave us some VIP type seats. The manager was very nice but the most amazing thing about him was that he had a baby with him in a baby bjorn. So he was basically controlling the light show with the baby. I didn't get to ask him if it was his, but it sure was a cute little thing. But don't worry, the baby had big headphones on to block out the noise. I figured with 23 people in the band at least two of them were probably a couple and probably had a baby that they brought on tour with them. So basically, Jessica Hoop was correct. The show was amazing. <br />
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&nbsp; The show started with lead singer and band leader Tim Delaughter cutting through a curtain that the entire band was hidden behind. I knew it would be a large band. But it really was amazing to see 23 people crammed on to the stage at the GAMH. I tried to memorize what everyoned did in the band. Here is what I remember. Besides Singer Tim, there were 7 back <img width="350" vspace="8" hspace="8" height="220" align="left" src="http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Brad/poly3.jpg" style="border: 3px solid red;" alt="" />up singer ladies who were also a chorus and a synchronized hair dancing group. They had some great moves. 2 drummers, 2 keyboardists, 2 guitarists, 1 bassist, 2 violins , 1 cello, 1 harp, 2 trumpets, and 1 trombone player. It is sort of like a mix of a church revival and a bar mitzvah perfomance and a jam band. That does not really sound like it would work. But it does. The whole band seems to be having so much fun playing music that you can not help but to enjoy it as well. They often get unfairly compared to a cult. Any band with so many members that performs in robes is bound to get that comparison. And after seeing the show I was ready to sign up for the cult. Tim is a great ringleader and sort of seems to have some sort of power over the whole band and audience. I can almost understand how people like Jim Jones had that similar cult power. But these guys are just making good fun music. They are not waiting for armageddon or planning some mass suicide. So I really don't think they are a cult but if they are, I'm OK with it.<br />
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